Ice Maker

Abstract

An ice maker contains: a body and a water tank, and the body includes an evaporator, an ice making mold, a movable slider, a fixed holder, and a drive mechanism. The evaporator and the ice making mold have at least one hemispheric cavity which are connected to produce a spherical cavity. A gap is defined between the movable slider and the fixed holder, and the ice making mold has at least one feeding mouth. A water feeding mechanism and a water spraying mechanism are defined between the body and the water tank. The water feeding mechanism includes a water pump and a supply tube, and a slit is defined between at least one nozzle and at least one feeding mouth. The water spraying mechanism includes a water pump, a water tube, and a spraying element.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An ice maker comprising: a body  1  and a water tank  2  connected on a bottom of the body  1 , and the body  1  includes an evaporator  41 , an ice making mold  31 , a movable slider  3 , a fixed holder  4 , and a drive mechanism  5 , wherein the fixed holder  4  is fixed in a front end of the body  1 , a mold clamping slider is slidably received in a rear end of the body  1 , the drive mechanism  5  is connected with the mold clamping slider, the evaporator  41  is mounted on a side of the fixed holder  4  facing the movable slider  3 , the ice making mold  31  is disposed on a side of the movable slider  3  facing the evaporator  41 , wherein the evaporator  41  and the ice making mold  31  have at least one hemispheric cavity  44  so that the at least one hemispheric cavity  44  of the evaporator  41  is connected with the at least one hemispheric cavity  44  of the ice making mold  31  to produce a spherical cavity  43 ;
 wherein the ice making mold  31  extends out of the movable slider  3 , and a gap  42  is defined between the movable slider  3  and the fixed holder  4 , wherein the ice making mold  31  has at least one feeding mouth  32  defined on a top thereof, communicating with the spherical cavity  43 , and located in the gap  42 ; 
 wherein a water feeding mechanism and a water spraying mechanism are defined between the body  1  and the water tank  2 , the water feeding mechanism includes a water pump  61  and a supply tube  62 , wherein the supply tube  62  has at least one nozzle  63  defined on a top thereof and located above the at least one feeding mouth  32 , and a slit  64  is defined between the at least one nozzle  63  and the at least one feeding mouth  32 , a bottom of the supply tube  62  is connected with the water tank  2 , and the water pump  61  is mounted on the supply tube  62 ; 
 wherein the water spraying mechanism includes a water pump  71 , a water tube  77 , and a spraying element  73  configured to produce a water curtain, wherein the spraying element  73  is located on and horizontally passes through the gap  42 , an end of the water tube  77  is connected with the spray tube  72 , and the other end of the water tube  77  is connected with the water tank  2 , the water pump  71  is disposed on a water spraying pipe. 
 
     
     
         2 . The ice maker as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the ice making mold  31  includes an insulation shell  33  covered thereon, and the insulation shell  33  has a front part  331  and a rear part  333 , wherein the front part  331  has at least one separation ring  332 , and the rear part  333  has at least one hemispherical trough  334 , the ice making mold  31  clamps between the front part  331  and the rear part  333 . 
     
     
         3 . The ice maker as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the ice making mold  31  is covered by an insulating glue layer coated on the outer wall thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The ice maker as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the body  1  includes an accommodation trench  11  defined on a top thereof and accommodating the spraying element  73 , wherein the accommodation trench  11  has an upper portion  12  horizontally formed thereon, the spraying element  73  has a recess  74  horizontally formed on a top thereof and communicating with the upper portion  12 , and the supply tube  62  is communicated with a channel which horizontally passes through the gap  42 ;
 wherein the upper portion  12  has two seal ribs  13  extending from a front end and a rear end thereof, the recess  74  has two indents  75  defined on a front end and a rear end thereof, and the two seal ribs  13  are received in the two indents  75 . 
 
     
     
         5 . The ice maker as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the spraying element  73  has multiple watering orifices  76  separately defined on a bottom thereof and communicating with the channel. 
     
     
         6 . The ice maker as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the spraying element  73  has an elongated opening defined on the bottom thereof, communicating with the channel, and horizontally passing through the gap  42 . 
     
     
         7 . The ice maker as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the demold water spraying mechanism further includes a peripheral element which includes the water pipe  77  horizontally fixed in the movable slider  3  and located on a tilted top of the ice making mold  31 , wherein an end of the water tube  77  is closed, and the other end of the water tube  77  is communicated with the spray tube  72 , the water tube  77  has multiple peripheral orifices  78  separately defined on the side thereof facing the ice making mold  31 . 
     
     
         8 . The ice maker as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the movable slider  3  further includes a guide groove  34  defined on a bottom thereof and located below the gap  42 , wherein the guide groove  34  has two outlets  35  formed on two sides thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The ice maker as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the body  1  further includes a collection orifice  14  and the dropping orifice  15  which are formed on the bottom thereof, wherein the collection orifice  14  is located behind the dropping orifice  15 , and a stop fringe  16  is extended upward around the dropping orifice  15 , two conduits  17  are defined among the stop fringe  16  and the body  1  and located below the two outlets  35 . 
     
     
         10 . The ice maker as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the body  1  includes a bottom wall tilting from a front end to a rear end of the body  1 , and a vertical height of the collection orifice  14  is lower than a vertical height of the dropping orifice  15 .